Psalm 10:1; 12-18 Faith in Silence
I. The Problem - 1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD?
why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
i. Distance - Why standest thou afar off
ii. Disinterest - why hidest thou thyself
iii. Disdain - in times of trouble
II. The Prayer - (12-15)
i. The Plea - 12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand.
The Need for help - Arise, O LORD
The Nature of help - O God - Divine Help
The Note of help - lift up thine hand.
ii. The Prayer -12 forget not the humble.
Isaiah 66:1 Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me?
and where is the place of my rest? 2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
i. The Target - but to this man will I look,
ii. The Test - even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit
iii. The Trust - and trembleth at my word.
iii. The Perplexity - 13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. 14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand:
iv. The Poverty - 14 the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
v. The Petition - 15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
He wants Sin Rebuked, Revealed, And Removed Completely.
III. The Praise
i. David's Assessment - The Lord Reigns -
16 His Reign Is Eternal - 16 The LORD is King for ever and ever:
His Rights Are Everlasting - the heathen are perished out of his land.
ii His Assurance - The Lord Reacts -
17 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble:
thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear
iii. His Assertion - The Lord Repays -
18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed,
that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
He Vindicates the Oppressed and He Vanquishs their Oppressors
